generally not its not used in the media but you may tell any of your friends for example man i saw a strange nigger at a cafe today or have you heard that lenas dating a nigger and it wont be considered odd or something thing is we dont have a synonym like afroamerican to call them so nigger негр like negro is the word blacks черные however would be derogatory and even offensive but it is used when spoken about people from north caucasusmiddle asia